love it when 90s movies are like "i will download the exodata into the mainframe firewall and past the mega virus GPS" and everybody nods cluelessly because it's the 90s and people barely know how to send emails
Directed by Robert Longo
In a dystopian 2021, Johnny is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to securely store data too sensitive for regular computer networks. On one delivery run, he accepts a package that not only exceeds the implant's safety limits—and will kill him if the data is not removed in time—but also contains information far more important and valuable than he had ever imagined. On a race against time, he must avoid the assassins sent to kill him and remove the data before it, too, ends his life.
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love it when 90s movies are like "i will download the exodata into the mainframe firewall and past the mega virus GPS" and everybody nods cluelessly because it's the 90s and people barely know how to send emails
What causes it? INFORMATION OVERLOAD! All the electronics around you poisoning the airwaves! Technological fucking civilization! But we still have all this shit, because we can't live without it.
WHY Y'ALL WRONG ABOUT JOHNNY MNEMONIC:1. The only big budget adaptation of a William Gibson cyberpunk dystopia complete with fairly accurate depictions of his internet (however silly), tech noir fantasy jargon, East meets West culture fusion, wild body modifications, and a hacker dolphin. 2. A stacked cast featuring Keanu, Udo Kier, Ice T, Takeshi Kitano (!!!), Dolph Lundgren, and Henry Rollins (why not?). 3. CGI internet sequences that look ripped out of some net artist's latest warehouse installation. Throw in some Mortal Kombat sprites and broken Netscape icons, and maybe add a VR headset for an immersive experience, and you've got a real modern ~*~statement~*~. 4. Despite some obvious studio meddling, like the shoehorned loud'n'dumb action sequences featuring a manic street preacher, the movie is at least ambitious. Ya can't fault Johnny for trying!It's time jabronies stop deriding this as some sort of legendary trainwreck of Gigli proportions. If ya think Johnny (the most rock and roll name of all time) is bad, ya don't know what a bad movie is!EDIT: I'm STILL waiting for a prestige TV adaptation of The Sprawl Trilogy. Talk about a no-brainer. Get on it HBO or AMC or Netflix or whoever!
In a dystopian 2021, a data courier with a neural implant must deliver a high-value package before time runs out.
Robert Longo directed the 1995 cyberpunk action film.
Johnny Mnemonic was released in the US on May 26, 1995. Full schedule on Mood.
